Disposition structure of sensor of electronic device

ABSTRACT

An electronic device includes a housing including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction; a transparent substrate forming at least a portion of the first surface; a display disposed between the transparent substrate and the second surface of the housing and including a third surface facing the first direction and a fourth surface facing the second direction; at least one sensor disposed between a portion of the second surface of the display and a portion of the second surface of the housing; an electrical structure disposed between the sensor and a portion of the second surface of the housing; and a control circuit electrically connected to the electrical structure, wherein the control circuit detects an electrical signal occurring by a pressure from the second direction to a portion of the transparent substrate using the electrical structure.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 15/268,474,filed Sep. 16, 2016 which claims priority to Korean Application No.10-2016-0007451, filed on Jan. 21, 2016, the disclosures of which arehereby incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND 1. Field

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, and moreparticularly, to a sensor disposition structure of an electronic devicehaving a display and at least one sensor.

2. Description of Related Art

With the development of mobile communication technology and processortechnology, a mobile terminal device (hereinafter, electronic device)has various functions as well as a conventional communication functions.In order to output an image generated according to various functions,the electronic device has a display including a touch panel and mayoutput images such as various forms of applications, web browsers, andvideo contents on the display.

Further, in order to provide various experiences to a user, theelectronic device can have various sensors such as a camera, proximitysensor, illumination sensor, fingerprint detection sensor, and biosensor and may use a sensing value of each sensor.

For a physical contact with a portion of a user body or transmission oflight, the sensors are exposed to the outside on a housing of theelectronic device, and a conventional electronic device usually disposessensors, for example, a home key, and a receiver, in an area other thanan area in which the display is disposed at a front surface of theoutside.

As the kinds of contents output through a display of an electronicdevice increases, a user may require a larger size of display. However,in order for the user to carry the electronic device, the electronicdevice has a restriction in a size; and as the electronic device has arestriction in a size, a display provided at a front surface of theelectronic device must also have restriction in a size.

Given that a conventional electronic device disposes various sensors anda home key together with the display at a front surface thereof, when asize of the display is enlarged, the space that can dispose the varioussensors and the home key are reduced to compensate and to keep the sametotal size from increasing.

SUMMARY

To address the above-discussed deficiencies, it is a primary object ofthe present disclosure to provide an electronic device of a structurethat can extend or enlarge a size of a display by removing, relocating,or otherwise changing various sensors and a home key provided at a frontsurface of the electronic device.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, anelectronic device includes: a housing including a first surface facingin a first direction and a second surface facing in a second directionopposite to the first direction and including a transparent substrateforming at least a portion of the first surface thereof; a displaydisposed between the transparent substrate and the second surface of thehousing and including a first surface facing in the first direction anda second surface facing in the second direction; at least one sensordisposed between at least a portion of the second surface of the displayand at least a portion of the second surface of the housing; anelectrical structure disposed between the at least one sensor and atleast a portion of the second surface of the housing; and a controlcircuit electrically connected to the electrical structure, wherein thecontrol circuit detects an electrical signal occurring or changingwithin the electrical structure by a pressure of the second direction toat least a portion of the transparent substrate using the electricalstructure.

In accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure, anelectronic device includes: a housing including a first surface facingin a first direction and a second surface facing in a second directionopposite to the first direction and including a transparent substrateforming at least a portion of the first surface thereof; a displaydisposed between the transparent substrate and the second surface of thehousing and including a first surface facing in the first direction anda second surface facing in the second direction; a camera devicedisposed between at least a portion of the second surface of the displayand at least a portion of the second surface of the housing; a memberseparately disposed in the second direction from the camera device; anelectrical structure disposed between the camera device and the member;and a control circuit electrically connected to the electricalstructure, wherein the control circuit detects an electrical signaloccurring or changing within the electrical structure by a change of adistance between the camera device and the member according to amovement in the second direction of the camera device using theelectrical structure.

Before undertaking the DETAILED DESCRIPTION below, it may beadvantageous to set forth definitions of certain words and phrases usedthroughout this patent document: the terms “include” and “comprise,” aswell as derivatives thereof, mean inclusion without limitation; the term“or,” is inclusive, meaning and/or; the phrases “associated with” and“associated therewith,” as well as derivatives thereof, may mean toinclude, be included within, interconnect with, contain, be containedwithin, connect to or with, couple to or with, be communicable with,cooperate with, interleave, juxtapose, be proximate to, be bound to orwith, have, have a property of, or the like; and the term “controller”means any device, system or part thereof that controls at least oneoperation, such a device may be implemented in hardware, firmware orsoftware, or some combination of at least two of the same. It should benoted that the functionality associated with any particular controllermay be centralized or distributed, whether locally or remotely.Definitions for certain words and phrases are provided throughout thispatent document, those of ordinary skill in the art should understandthat in many, if not most instances, such definitions apply to prior, aswell as future uses of such defined words and phrases.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a more complete understanding of the present disclosure and itsadvantages, reference is now made to the following description taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like referencenumerals represent like parts:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an electronic device in a networkenvironment according to various embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronicdevice according to various embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a front surface of an electronic deviceaccording to various embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronicdevice according to various embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a side surface of a layered structureof an electronic device according to various embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view illustrating each separated layerconstituting an electronic device according to various embodiments ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a structure of asensor of an electronic device according to various embodiments of thepresent disclosure;

FIGS. 8A and 8B are diagrams illustrating a structure of a cameraprovided in an electronic device according to various embodiments of thepresent disclosure;

FIGS. 9A to 9E are diagrams illustrating an electrical structureaccording to various embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a screen change by a user's touchinput according to various embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 11A to 11G are diagrams illustrating a disposition structure of aPrinted Circuit Board (PCB), sensor, and battery within an electronicdevice according to various embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 12A to 12C are diagrams illustrating a wiring form of a displayaccording to various embodiments of the present disclosure; and

FIGS. 13A and 13B are side views illustrating a structure of a displayaccording to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FIGS. 1 through 13B, discussed below, and the various embodiments usedto describe the principles of the present disclosure in this patentdocument are by way of illustration only and should not be construed inany way to limit the scope of the disclosure. Those skilled in the artwill understand that the principles of the present disclosure may beimplemented in any suitably arranged electronic device.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present disclosure are describedin detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. While the presentdisclosure may be embodied in many different forms, various embodimentsof the present disclosure are shown in drawings and are described hereinin detail, with the understanding that the present disclosure is to beconsidered as an exemplification of the principles of the disclosure andis not intended to limit the disclosure to the specific embodimentsillustrated. The same reference numbers are used throughout the drawingsto refer to the same or like parts.

An expression “comprising” or “may comprise” used in the presentdisclosure indicates presence of a corresponding function, operation, orelement and does not limit additional at least one function, operation,or element. Further, in the present disclosure, a term “comprise” or“have” indicates presence of a characteristic, numeral, step, operation,element, component, or combination thereof described in a specificationand does not exclude presence or addition of at least one othercharacteristic, numeral, step, operation, element, component, orcombination thereof.

In the present disclosure, an expression “or” includes any combinationor the entire combination of together listed words. For example, “A orB” may include A, B, or A and B.

An expression of a first and a second in the present disclosure mayrepresent various elements of the present disclosure, but do not limitcorresponding elements. For example, the expression does not limit orderand/or importance of corresponding elements. The expression may be usedfor distinguishing one element from another element. For example, both afirst user device and a second user device are user devices andrepresent different user devices. For example, a first constituentelement may be referred to as a second constituent element withoutdeviating from the scope of the present disclosure, and similarly, asecond constituent element may be referred to as a first constituentelement.

When it is described that an element is “coupled” to another element,the element may be “directly coupled” to the other element or“electrically coupled” to the other element through a third element.However, when it is described that an element is “directly coupled” toanother element, no element may exist between the element and the otherelement.

Terms used in the present disclosure are not to limit the presentdisclosure but to illustrate various embodiments. When using in adescription of the present disclosure and the appended claims, asingular form includes a plurality of forms unless it is explicitlydifferently represented.

Unless differently defined, entire terms including a technical term anda scientific term used here have the same meaning as a meaning that maybe generally understood by a person of common skill in the art. Itshould be analyzed that generally using terms defined in a dictionaryhave a meaning corresponding to that of a context of related technologyand are not analyzed as an ideal or excessively formal meaning unlessexplicitly defined.

In this disclosure, an electronic device may be a device that involves acommunication function. For example, an electronic device may be a smartphone, a tablet PC (Personal Computer), a mobile phone, a video phone,an e-book reader, a desktop PC, a laptop PC, a netbook computer, a PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player), an MP3player, a portable medical device, a digital camera, or a wearabledevice (e.g., an HIVID (Head-Mounted Device) such as electronic glasses,electronic clothes, an electronic bracelet, an electronic necklace, anelectronic appcessory, or a smart watch).

According to some embodiments, an electronic device may be a smart homeappliance that involves a communication function. For example, anelectronic device may be a TV, a DVD (Digital Video Disk) player, audioequipment, a refrigerator, an air conditioner, a vacuum cleaner, anoven, a microwave, a washing machine, an air cleaner, a set-top box, aTV box (e.g., Samsung HomeSync®, Apple TV®, Google TV®, etc.), a gameconsole, an electronic dictionary, an electronic key, a camcorder, or anelectronic picture frame.

According to some embodiments, an electronic device may be a medicaldevice (e.g., MRA (Magnetic Resonance Angiography), MM (MagneticResonance Imaging), CT (Computed Tomography), ultrasonography, etc.), anavigation device, a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, an EDR(Event Data Recorder), an FDR (Flight Data Recorder), a car infotainmentdevice, electronic equipment for ship (e.g., a marine navigation system,a gyrocompass, etc.), avionics, security equipment, or an industrial orhome robot.

According to some embodiments, an electronic device may be furniture orpart of a building or construction having a communication function, anelectronic board, an electronic signature receiving device, a projector,or various measuring instruments (e.g., a water meter, an electricmeter, a gas meter, a wave meter, etc.). An electronic device disclosedherein may be one of the above-mentioned devices or any combinationthereof. As well understood by those skilled in the art, theabove-mentioned electronic devices are exemplary only and not to beconsidered as a limitation of this disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an electronic apparatus accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the electronic apparatus 101 may include a bus110, a processor 120, a memory 130, a user input module 150, a display160, and a communication interface 170.

The bus 110 may be a circuit for interconnecting elements describedabove and for allowing a communication, e.g. by transferring a controlmessage, between the elements described above.

The processor 120 can receive commands from the above-mentioned otherelements, e.g. the memory 130, the user input module 150, the display160, and the communication interface 170, through, for example, the bus110, can decipher the received commands, and perform operations and/ordata processing according to the deciphered commands.

The memory 130 can store commands received from the processor 120 and/orother elements, e.g. the user input module 150, the display 160, and thecommunication interface 170, and/or commands and/or data generated bythe processor 120 and/or other elements. The memory 130 may includesoftwares and/or programs 140, such as a kernel 141, middleware 143, anApplication Programming Interface (API) 145, and an application 147.Each of the programming modules described above may be configured bysoftware, firmware, hardware, and/or combinations of two or morethereof.

The kernel 141 can control and/or manage system resources, e.g. the bus110, the processor 120 or the memory 130, used for execution ofoperations and/or functions implemented in other programming modules,such as the middleware 143, the API 145, and/or the application 147.Further, the kernel 141 can provide an interface through which themiddleware 143, the API 145, and/or the application 147 can access andthen control and/or manage an individual element of the electronicapparatus 101.

The middleware 143 can perform a relay function which allows the API 145and/or the application 147 to communicate with and exchange data withthe kernel 141. Further, in relation to operation requests received fromat least one of an application 147, the middleware 143 can perform loadbalancing in relation to the operation requests by, for example, givinga priority in using a system resource, e.g. the bus 110, the processor120, and/or the memory 130, of the electronic apparatus 101 to at leastone application from among the at least one of the application 147.

The API 145 is an interface through which the application 147 cancontrol a function provided by the kernel 141 and/or the middleware 143,and may include, for example, at least one interface or function forfile control, window control, image processing, and/or charactercontrol.

The user input module 150 can receive, for example, a command and/ordata from a user, and transfer the received command and/or data to theprocessor 120 and/or the memory 130 through the bus 110. The display 160can display an image, a video, and/or data to a user.

The communication interface 170 can establish a communication betweenthe electronic apparatus 101 and another electronic devices 102 and 104and/or a server 164. The communication interface 170 can support shortrange communication protocols, e.g. a Wireless Fidelity® (WiFi)protocol, a BlueTooth® (BT) protocol, and a Near Field Communication(NFC) protocol, communication networks, e.g. Internet, Local AreaNetwork (LAN), Wire Area Network (WAN), a telecommunication network, acellular network, and a satellite network, or a Plain Old TelephoneService (POTS), or any other similar and/or suitable communicationnetworks, such as network 162, or the like. Each of the electronicdevices 102 and 104 may be a same type and/or different types ofelectronic apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electronic device 201 inaccordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The electronicdevice 201 may form, for example, the whole or part of the electronicdevice 101 shown in FIG. 1 . Referring to FIG. 2 , the electronic device201 may include at least one application processor (AP) 210, acommunication module 220, a subscriber identification module (SIM) card224, a memory 230, a sensor module 240, an input unit 250, a display260, an interface 270, an audio module 280, a camera module 291, a powermanagement module 295, a battery 296, an indicator 297, and a motor 298.

The AP 210 may drive an operating system or applications, control aplurality of hardware or software components connected thereto, and alsoperform processing and operation for various data including multimediadata. The AP 210 may be formed of system-on-chip (SoC), for example.According to an embodiment, the AP 210 may further include a graphicprocessing unit (GPU) (not shown).

The communication module 220 (e.g., the communication interface 260) mayperform a data communication with any other electronic device (e.g., theelectronic device 204 or the server 206) connected to the electronicdevice 201 through the network. According to an embodiment, thecommunication module 220 may include therein a cellular module 221, aWiFi module 223, a BT module 225, a GPS module 227, an NFC module 228,and an RF (Radio Frequency) module 229.

The cellular module 221 may offer a voice call, a video call, a messageservice, an interne service, or the like through a communication network(e.g., LTE, LTE-A, CDMA, WCDMA, UMTS, WiBro, or GSM, etc.).Additionally, the cellular module 221 may perform identification andauthentication of the electronic device in the communication network,using the SIM card 224. According to an embodiment, the cellular module221 may perform at least part of functions the AP 210 can provide. Forexample, the cellular module 221 may perform at least part of amultimedia control function.

According to an embodiment, the cellular module 221 may include acommunication processor (CP). Additionally, the cellular module 221 maybe formed of SoC, for example. Although some elements such as thecellular module 221 (e.g., the CP), the memory 230, or the powermanagement module 295 are shown as separate elements being differentfrom the AP 210 in FIG. 2 , the AP 210 may be formed to have at leastpart (e.g., the cellular module 221) of the above elements in anembodiment.

According to an embodiment, the AP 210 or the cellular module 221 (e.g.,the CP) may load commands or data, received from a nonvolatile memoryconnected thereto or from at least one of the other elements, into avolatile memory to process them. Additionally, the AP 210 or thecellular module 221 may store data, received from or created at one ormore of the other elements, in the nonvolatile memory.

Each of the WiFi module 223, the BT module 225, the GPS module 227 andthe NFC module 228 may include a processor for processing datatransmitted or received therethrough. Although FIG. 2 shows the cellularmodule 221, the WiFi module 223, the BT module 225, the GPS module 227and the NFC module 228 as different blocks, at least part of them may becontained in a single IC (Integrated Circuit) chip or a single ICpackage in an embodiment. For example, at least part (e.g., the CPcorresponding to the cellular module 221 and a WiFi processorcorresponding to the WiFi module 223) of respective processorscorresponding to the cellular module 221, the WiFi module 223, the BTmodule 225, the GPS module 227 and the NFC module 228 may be formed as asingle SoC.

The RF module 229 may transmit and receive data, e.g., RF signals or anyother electric signals. Although not shown, the RF module 229 mayinclude a transceiver, a PAM (Power Amp Module), a frequency filter, anLNA (Low Noise Amplifier), or the like. Also, the RF module 229 mayinclude any component, e.g., a wire or a conductor, for transmission ofelectromagnetic waves in a free air space. Although FIG. 2 shows thatthe cellular module 221, the WiFi module 223, the BT module 225, the GPSmodule 227 and the NFC module 228 share the RF module 229, at least oneof them may perform transmission and reception of RF signals through aseparate RF module in an embodiment.

The SIM card 224 may be a specific card formed of SIM and may beinserted into a slot formed at a certain place of the electronic device201. The SIM card 224 may contain therein an ICCID (Integrated CircuitCard IDentifier) or an IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity).

The memory 230 (e.g., the memory 230) may include an internal memory 232and an external memory 234. The internal memory 232 may include, forexample, at least one of a volatile memory (e.g., DRAM (Dynamic RAM),SRAM (Static RAM), SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM), etc.) or a nonvolatilememory (e.g., OTPROM (One Time Programmable ROM), PROM (ProgrammableROM), EPROM (Erasable and Programmable ROM), EEPROM (ElectricallyErasable and Programmable ROM), mask ROM, flash ROM, NAND flash memory,NOR flash memory, etc.).

According to an embodiment, the internal memory 232 may have the form ofan SSD (Solid State Drive). The external memory 234 may include a flashdrive, e.g., CF (Compact Flash), SD (Secure Digital), Micro-SD (MicroSecure Digital), Mini-SD (Mini Secure Digital), xD (eXtreme Digital),memory stick, or the like. The external memory 234 may be functionallyconnected to the electronic device 201 through various interfaces.According to an embodiment, the electronic device 201 may furtherinclude a storage device or medium such as a hard drive.

The sensor module 240 may measure physical quantity or sense anoperating status of the electronic device 201, and then convert measuredor sensed information into electric signals. The sensor module 240 mayinclude, for example, at least one of a gesture sensor 240A, a gyrosensor 240B, an atmospheric sensor 240C, a magnetic sensor 240D, anacceleration sensor 240E, a grip sensor 240F, a proximity sensor 240G, acolor sensor 240H (e.g., RGB (Red, Green, Blue) sensor), a biometricsensor 240I, a temperature-humidity sensor 240J, an illumination sensor240K, and a UV (ultraviolet) sensor 240M. Additionally or alternatively,the sensor module 240 may include various other sensors (not shown),e.g., an E-nose sensor, an EMG (electromyography) sensor, an EEG(electroencephalogram) sensor, an ECG (electrocardiogram) sensor, an IR(infrared) sensor, an iris scan sensor, or a finger scan sensor. Also,the sensor module 240 may include a control circuit for controlling oneor more sensors equipped therein.

The input device 250 may include a touch panel 252, a digital pen sensor254, a key 256, or an ultrasonic input unit 258. The touch panel 252 mayrecognize a touch input in a manner of capacitive type, resistive type,infrared type, or ultrasonic type. Also, the touch panel 252 may furtherinclude a control circuit. In case of a capacitive type, a physicalcontact or proximity may be recognized. The touch panel 252 may furtherinclude a tactile layer. In this case, the touch panel 252 may offer atactile feedback to a user.

The digital pen sensor 254 may be formed in the same or similar manneras receiving a touch input or by using a separate recognition sheet. Thekey 256 may include, for example, a physical button, an optical key, ora keypad. The ultrasonic input unit 258 is a specific device capable ofidentifying data by sensing sound waves with a microphone 288 in theelectronic device 201 through an input tool that generates ultrasonicsignals, thus allowing wireless recognition. According to an embodiment,the electronic device 201 may receive a user input from any externaldevice (e.g., a computer or a server) connected thereto through thecommunication module 220.

The display module 260 may include a panel 262, a hologram 264, or aprojector 266. The panel 262 may be, for example, LCD (Liquid CrystalDisplay), AM-OLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode), or thelike. The panel 262 may have a flexible, transparent or wearable form.The panel 262 may be formed of a single module with the touch panel 252.The hologram 264 may show a stereoscopic image in the air usinginterference of light. The projector 266 may project an image onto ascreen, which may be located at the inside or outside of the electronicdevice 201. According to an embodiment, the display 260 may furtherinclude a control circuit for controlling the panel 262, the hologram264, and the projector 266.

The interface 270 may include, for example, an HDMI (High-DefinitionMultimedia Interface) 272, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) 274, an opticalinterface 276, or a D-sub (D-subminiature) 278. The interface 270 may becontained, for example, in the communication interface 260 shown in FIG.2 . Additionally or alternatively, the interface 270 may include, forexample, an MHL (Mobile High-definition Link) interface, an SD (SecureDigital) card/MMC (Multi-Media Card) interface, or an IrDA (InfraredData Association) interface.

The audio module 280 may perform a conversion between sounds andelectric signals. The audio module 280 may process sound informationinputted or outputted through a speaker 282, a receiver 284, an earphone286, or a microphone 288.

The camera module 291 is a device capable of obtaining still images andmoving images. According to an embodiment, the camera module 291 mayinclude at least one image sensor (e.g., a front sensor or a rearsensor), and various other sensors (not shown) for example, a lens, anISP (Image Signal Processor), or a flash (e.g., LED or xenon lamp).

According to an embodiment, image information corresponding to a user'sbio information (e.g., fingerprint) may be acquired through the cameramodule 291. The electronic device 201 may perform an authenticationoperation of the user's bio information (e.g., fingerprint) based onimage information acquired through the camera module 291.

The power management module 295 may manage electric power of theelectronic device 201. Although not shown, the power management module295 may include, for example, a PMIC (Power Management IntegratedCircuit), a charger IC, or a battery or fuel gauge.

The PMIC may be formed, for example, of an IC chip or SoC. Charging maybe performed in a wired or wireless manner. The charger IC may charge abattery 296 and reduce or prevent overvoltage or overcurrent from acharger. According to an embodiment, the charger IC may have a chargerIC used for at least one of wired and wireless charging types. Awireless charging type may include, for example, a magnetic resonancetype, a magnetic induction type, or an electromagnetic type. Anyadditional circuit for a wireless charging may be further used such as acoil loop, a resonance circuit, or a rectifier.

The battery gauge may measure the residual amount of the battery 296 anda voltage, current or temperature in a charging process. The battery 296may store or create electric power therein and supply electric power tothe electronic device 201. The battery 296 may be, for example, arechargeable battery or a solar battery.

The indicator 297 may show thereon a current status (e.g., a bootingstatus, a message status, or a recharging status) of the electronicdevice 201 or of its part (e.g., the AP 210). The motor 298 may convertan electric signal into a mechanical vibration. Although not shown, theelectronic device 201 may include a specific processor (e.g., GPU) forsupporting a mobile TV. This processor may process media data thatcomply with standards of DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting), DVB(Digital Video Broadcasting), or media flow.

Each of the above-discussed elements of the electronic device disclosedherein may be formed of one or more components, and its name may bevaried according to the type of the electronic device. The electronicdevice disclosed herein may be formed of at least one of theabove-discussed elements without some elements or with additional otherelements. Some of the elements may be integrated into a single entitythat still performs the same functions as those of such elements beforeintegrated.

The term “module” used in this disclosure may refer to a certain unitthat includes one of hardware, software and firmware or any combinationthereof. The module may be interchangeably used with unit, logic,logical block, component, or circuit, for example. The module may be theminimum unit, or part thereof, which performs one or more particularfunctions. The module may be formed mechanically or electronically. Forexample, the module disclosed herein may include at least one of ASIC(Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) chip, FPGAs(Field-Programmable Gate Arrays), and programmable-logic device, whichhave been known or are to be developed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a front surface of an electronic device301 according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 3 , in an electronic device 301 according to variousembodiments of the present disclosure, in a substantial entire area of afront surface, a display 310 may be disposed. In the electronic device301 according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, in aportion of a front surface, the display 310 that removes a Black Matrix(BM) area in which a screen is not displayed and that covers an entirearea and a left/right edge area of the front surface may be disposed.According to an embodiment, the electronic device 301 may include afront surface of a form in which an area that does not display a screenis not completely removed. For example, the electronic device 301 mayinclude a BM area in which a width of a portion of an area that does notdisplay a screen is 0.1 to 1 mm and in which a width of at least anotherportion is 1 mm to 5 mm.

By removing various keys or holes viewed to a user to the outside of theelectronic device 301 according to a front cover structure of thedisplay 310, an esthetic sense is provided to the user, and the widestdisplay 310 can be used within a limited size of the electronic device301.

As the display 310 has predetermined elasticity, when the user presses aportion of a transparent substrate provided at an upper end portion ofthe display 310, the portion may be bent in a rear surface direction ofthe electronic device 301.

According to various embodiments, at a rear surface of the display 310,at least one sensor 320 may be disposed. Here, at least one sensor 320may receive external light, may include, for example at least one of acamera, proximity sensor, illumination sensor, fingerprint detectionsensor, and bio sensor, and may include at least one of several sensorsincluded in the sensor module 240 of FIG. 2 . The sensor 320 maydirectly contact a rear surface of the display 310 or may contact a rearsurface of the display 310 with another element interposed therebetween.Accordingly, in an area in which the sensor 320 is located, when theuser presses the display 310 with a predetermined force or more, thesensor 320 may move in a rear surface direction.

FIG. 3 illustrates that the sensor 320 is disposed at a central portionof a rear surface of the display 310, but a location of the sensor 320is not limited thereto and at an edge (e.g., a corner or an intermediateportion of the first side) of the display 310, the sensor 320 may bedisposed. FIG. 3 illustrates only one sensor 320, but at a rear surfaceof the display 310, a plurality of sensors may be each disposed in ahorizontal direction or may be layered in a vertical direction.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronicdevice according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 4 , an electronic device 401 includes a display 410,sensor 420, control circuit 430, processor 440, and memory 450, and evenif at least a portion of shown elements is omitted or replaced, asneeded, the elements may implement various embodiments of the presentdisclosure. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure,the electronic device 401 may further include at least some of elementsof the electronic device 100 of FIG. 1 and/or the electronic device 201of FIG. 2 .

The electronic device 401 has a housing (not shown), and elements may bedisposed within the housing. In at least a portion of a front surface ofthe housing, a transparent substrate (not shown) may be formed.

The display 410 displays an image, and as described with reference toFIG. 3 , in an entire area of a front surface of the electronic device401, the display 410 may be disposed. Hereinafter, the display 410 isimplemented with an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display, butaccording to various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure,any one of known other displays such as a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD),Light Emitting Diode (LED) display, Micro Electromechanical Systems(MEMS) display, and electronic paper display may be used. The display410 is electrically connected to the processor 440 to receive an imagesignal from the processor 440 and outputs a screen according to thereceived signal. The display 410 may be disposed between a transparentsubstrate and a rear surface of the housing.

The electronic device 401 may include at least one the sensor 420, andthe at least one sensor 420 may be a sensor that receives externallight, such as a camera, proximity sensor, illumination sensor,fingerprint detection sensor, or bio sensor. As described with referenceto FIG. 3 , the sensor 420 may be disposed between a rear surface of thedisplay 410 and a rear surface of the housing.

According to various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, apredetermined electrical structure (not shown) may be disposed between arear surface of the sensor 420 and at least a portion of a rear surfaceof the housing. When the user applies a pressure from an upper endportion of the sensor 420 to a transparent substrate of the housing, thesensor 420 moves in a rear surface direction of the electronic device401 according to bending of the display 410, and the electricalstructure may detect such a movement of the sensor 420. As the display410 is disposed at an entire area of a front surface of the electronicdevice 401, such an electrical structure may perform a function of ahome key that should be removed. A more detailed example of theelectrical structure will be described in detail later with reference toFIGS. 9A to 9E.

The control circuit 430 is electrically connected to the electricalstructure, and by a pressure in a rear surface direction to at least aportion of a transparent substrate, the control circuit 430 may detectan electrical signal occurring or changing within the electricalstructure. As the control circuit 430 is electrically connected to theprocessor 440, when the detected electrical signal occurs, the controlcircuit 430 may transmit the electrical signal to the processor 440.

The processor 440 may perform calculation or data processing for thecontrol and/or communication of each element of the electronic device401 and include at least some of elements of the processor 120 of FIG. 1and/or the application processor 210 of FIG. 2 . The processor 440 maybe electrically connected to each of internal elements of the electronicdevice 401, such as the display 410, the sensor 420, the control circuit430, and the memory 450.

The memory 450 may include a known volatile memory and nonvolatilememory and is not limited to a detailed implementation example. Thememory 450 is electrically connected to the processor 440 and may storevarious instructions that may be performed in the processor 440. Suchinstructions may include a control instruction such as calculation andlogic calculation, data movement, and input and output that may berecognized by the processor 440. By loading instructions stored at thememory 450, operations of the processor 440 to be described later may beperformed.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, when thecontrol circuit 430 detects an electrical signal occurring or changingwithin the electrical structure, the processor 440 may perform apredetermined function in response thereto. For example, in theconventional electronic device 401, by pressing a home key provided at afront surface, the processor 440 may convert a first screen displayed inthe display 410 to a home screen. Here, the home screen may be a screenin which a plurality of icons corresponding to a plurality ofapplications are disposed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a side surface of a layered structureof an electronic device 501 according to various exemplary embodimentsof the present disclosure.

In FIG. 5 , an upper direction is a front surface direction of anelectronic device 501, and a lower direction is a rear surface directionof the electronic device 501, and hereinafter, a front surface directionof the electronic device 501 may be referred to as a first direction anda lower direction thereof may be referred to as a second direction, andin each layered element, a surface located in a first direction may bereferred to as a first surface, and a surface located in a seconddirection may be referred to as a second surface.

At a front surface of the housing, a transparent substrate 511 (orwindow) may be provided. The transparent substrate 511 is made of atransparent material to transmit light and may protect the display froman external impact. For example, the transparent substrate 511 may beformed with glass or a polymer film and may include at least one ofpolyimide Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), and other polymer materials.

In a second direction of the transparent substrate 511, a polarizerlayer 512 is provided, and in a second direction of the polarizer layer512, a display upper plate 513 and a display lower plate 514 may be eachprovided. Although not shown, an organic light emitting diode andvarious electrical elements (e.g., transistor, gate wiring, data wiring,and capacitor) for driving the organic light emitting diode may bedisposed between the display upper plate 513 and the display lower plate514. In this case, because the transparent substrate 511, the polarizerlayer 512, the display upper plate 513, and the display lower plate 514may transmit at least some light, the user may recognize light occurringin the organic light emitting diode at the outside of the transparentsubstrate 511. The display upper plate 513 or the display lower plate514 may be formed with a flexible polymer film, may include at least oneof polyimide, PET, or other polymer materials, and may be formed with adouble layer of a polyimide layer and a PET layer.

In a second direction of the display lower plate 514, a protective layerfor protecting the display from an impact by an external pressure may beprovided. The protective layer may include an impact absorption patternlayer 515 or a black layer 516. By elastically corresponding (or bypressing in a second direction and decompressing in a first direction)to an impact to a second direction occurring and transferred at theoutside, the protective layers 515 and 516 may protect each elementlocated in a first direction thereof. For example, the impact absorptionpattern layer 515 may have an uneven surface, and the black layer 516may be formed with at least one of black ink, sponge, and rubber. Forexample, the black layer 516 may block light emitted in a seconddirection from the display or may reflect light emitted in a seconddirection from the display in a first direction.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, theelectronic device 501 may include a layer having an area 518 whose atleast a portion is removed in a layered structure of the display, and inthe removed area 518, at least a portion of a sensor 520 may bedisposed. As described above, the sensor 520 may be a sensor 520 thatreceives external light, and when the sensor 520 is provided in a seconddirection of the impact absorption pattern layer 515 and the black layer516 that do not transmit a predetermined rate or more of light, a lightpath to the corresponding sensor 520 may be at least partially blocked.Therefore, a layer having an area whose at least a portion is removedmay be a layer (e.g., the impact absorption pattern layer 515 or theblack layer 516) that does not transmit a predetermined rate or more oflight.

As shown in FIG. 5 , in the transparent substrate 511, the polarizerlayer 512, the display upper plate 513, and the display lower plate 514that can transmit a predetermined rate or more of light, a removed areadoes not exist, and in the impact absorption pattern layer 515 and theblack layer 516 that do not transmit a predetermined rate or more oflight, an area 518 whose at least a portion is removed may exist.

The display upper plate 513 and the display lower plate 514 may transmitmost of applied light, but a transistor, gate wiring, and data wiringare provided therebetween to partially block or refract light. Accordingto various embodiments of the present disclosure, at a rear surface ofan entire area of the display, a pixel of an area in which the sensor520 is located and a pixel of the remaining areas in which the sensor520 is not located may be formed in different structures. This will bedescribed in detail with reference to FIGS. 12A to 12C.

In FIG. 5 , each of layered elements 511 to 516 is illustrated in a flatform, but according to an embodiment, each of the layered elements 511to 516 is made of a flexible material and at least a portion (e.g., aside surface of the left side and the right side) thereof may have abent form or may be bent.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view illustrating each separated layerconstituting an electronic device according to various embodiments ofthe present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 6 , an electronic device 601 includes a transparentsubstrate 612, display 614, bracket 616, battery 640, rear cover 650,and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) 660 and may be layered and assembled inshown order.

The bracket 616 and the rear cover 650 are assembled to form a housing,and in at least a portion of a first surface of the housing, thetransparent substrate 612 may be included. The housing may house thedisplay 614, the PCB 660, the battery 640, and a sensor 620 therein.Each element constituting the housing is made of at least onenonconductive material to not disturb electrical signal flow betweenelements within the housing.

The display 614 may include a touch screen panel. For example, the touchscreen may be disposed between the transparent substrate 612 and thedisplay 614. In this case, the touch screen may include at least oneelectrode layer, and the at least one electrode layer may be directlyformed at a surface of a second direction of the transparent substrate612 or a surface of a first direction of the display 614 or may beformed at a separate film (not shown) to be attached to the transparentsubstrate 612 or the display 614. For example, at least one electrode ofthe touch screen may be disposed within the display 614. In this case,at least one electrode may be disposed between an upper plate and alower plate of the display 614 and may be disposed between electrodesformed to drive the display. Alternatively, at least one electrode ofthe touch screen may be integrally formed with a polarizer layer (e.g.,the polarizer layer 512 of FIG. 5 ). The touch screen may use at leastone method of capacitive, resistive, infrared ray method, or ultrasonicwave method.

The PCB 660 may mount various components on an insulating substrate, andfor example, the processor 440, the memory 450, and the control circuit430 of FIG. 4 may be mounted on the PCB 660 to be each electricallyconnected thereto. According to various embodiments, the control circuitmay be provided on a driving circuit of the display 614 instead of beingprovided on the PCB 660.

The battery 640 is a known rechargeable battery and may be housed withinthe electronic device 601 or may be provided in a detachable form. FIG.6 illustrates a form in which the battery 640 forms a hole in anintermediate portion and in which at least a portion of the sensor 620is disposed within the hole, but it is not limited thereto, and variousembodiments of a form in which the sensor 620 is disposed to detour thebattery 640 and the PCB 660 are illustrated in FIGS. 11A to 11F.

The sensor 620 may be disposed between at least a portion of a secondsurface of the display 614 and the rear cover 650 (or a second surfaceof the housing).

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a structure of asensor of an electronic device according to various embodiments of thepresent disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 7 , a display is disposed under a transparentsubstrate, and the display may be divided into a transmitting layer 712whose hole is not formed and a protective layer 714 whose hole is formedwith removal of at least a partial area. Here, the transmitting layer712 may include the polarizer layer 512, the display upper plate 513,and the display lower plate 514 of FIG. 5 , and the protective layer 714may include the impact absorption pattern layer 515 and the black layer516.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a sensorprovided in at least a portion of a second surface of the display may bea camera 720. As shown in FIG. 7 , the camera 720 may include a circularcover 722, lens barrel 724, and housing 726.

The lens barrel 724 includes a plurality of lenses therein and may behoused within the housing 726. A lens within the lens barrel 724 may bedivided into a plurality of groups in at least one lens unit, and eachgroup may move in a first direction or a second direction within thehousing 726 according to zoon in or zoon out. Further, an image sensorsuch as a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) or a Complementary Metal-OxideSemiconductor (CMOS) sensor may be provided within the lens barrel 724and may perform a function of converting light entered through aplurality of lenses to an electrical signal.

The housing 726 may house the lens barrel 724, and in a first directionof the housing 726, the circular cover 722 may be assembled.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, in an areain which a layer disposed at a rear surface of the display and that doesnot transmit light of a predetermined rate or more is removed, becausethe camera 720 is disposed, at a front surface of the electronic device700, the camera 720 may be viewed to the user. Therefore, in theelectronic device 700, at a front surface of the circular cover 722 ofthe camera 720, a shutter (not shown) that may cover the camera 720 maybe disposed, and the processor determines whether the camera 720 isexecuted to control opening and closing of the shutter. The shutter isprovided with the same color as that of the protective layer 714 of thedisplay, and when the shutter covers the camera 720, it may be viewed tothe user as an entire area of the display is viewed.

In a second direction of the camera 720, a predetermined electricalstructure 728 may be provided. When the user applies a pressure to thetransparent substrate of the display, the sensor (or the camera 720)moves in a rear surface direction of the electronic device 700 accordingto bending of the display, and the electrical structure 728 may detectsuch a movement of the sensor (or the camera 720).

The camera 720 and the electrical structure 728 may be housed into theshown hole 730.

FIGS. 8A and 8B are diagrams illustrating a structure of a cameraprovided in an electronic device according to various embodiments of thepresent disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 8A, in a second direction of the display 810, a cameramay be disposed.

A plurality of lenses 822 are included within a lens barrel 824 of thecamera, and in a second direction of the plurality of lenses 822, animage sensor 826 may be disposed. The lens barrel 824 may be housedwithin a housing 828, the lens barrel 824 and the housing 828 are formedto engage with a sawtooth, and the barrel 824 may horizontally move in afirst direction or a second direction, which is a light axis direction.

FIG. 8B illustrates a camera and an electrical structure in more detail.

When a layered structure of a display 810 is more enlarged, atransmitting layer 812 and a protective layer 814 are formed under atransparent substrate, and at least a partial area of the protectivelayer 814 is removed to house a portion of the camera, thereby forming ahole.

The housing 828 of the camera contacts at least a portion of a secondsurface of the protective layer 814, and when a pressure is applied in asecond direction, the housing 828 may move in a second direction. In asecond direction of the housing 828 of the camera, a dome key 830 may bedisposed, and the dome key 830 may be pressed according to a movement ofthe housing 828 in a second direction. At the barrel 824 and an upperend portion of the barrel 824 within the housing 828, a cushion 844 formitigating an impact to a second direction may be provided.

In a second direction of the dome key 830, a plate 841 is provided, andan air gap 853 may be formed between the plate 841 and the housing 828.Here, the plate 841 may be fixed despite a pressure within theelectronic device 801, and the air gap 853 may distribute a repeatedpressure applied to a central portion of the display 810 in which thedome key 830 is pressed.

FIGS. 9A to 9E are diagrams illustrating an electrical structureaccording to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIGS. 9A to 9E, an electronic device 901 according to anembodiment of the present disclosure includes an electrical structuredisposed between a sensor 920 and at least a portion of a second surfaceof the housing, and the electrical structure may generate an electricalsignal by a pressure of a second direction to at least a portion of atransparent substrate 912.

An electrical structure according to an embodiment of variousembodiments of the present disclosure may include a conductive member942 separated in a second direction from the sensor 920 and a conductivedome structure 940 disposed between at least a portion of the sensor 920and at least a portion of the conductive member 942.

As shown in FIG. 9A, the conductive dome structure 940 may have a convexform in a first direction, may be made of a flexible material, and maybe pressed in a second direction according to a pressure to the seconddirection. The conductive member 942 may be fixed on a PCB 930 and maybe electrically connected to the control circuit. The conductive member942 and the conductive dome structure 940 may be made of a conductivematerial, and when the conductive member 942 and the conductive domestructure 940 physically contact, an electrical signal generates in theconductive member 942 and the control circuit may detect the electricalsignal.

In a hole in which at least a portion of a protective layer 914 isremoved, at least a portion of the sensor 920 may be disposed. A firstsurface of the sensor 920 may contact a display 910, and a secondsurface of an opposite direction may contact the conductive domestructure 940.

In a state in which a pressure is not applied in a second direction fromthe outside of the transparent substrate 912, the conductive domestructure 940 and the conductive member 942 are separated and thus anelectrical signal does not occur. Thereafter, when a pressure is appliedin a second direction from the outside of the transparent substrate 912,a pressure to the second direction is transferred to the sensor 920 viathe display 910, and the sensor 920 may apply a pressure to a seconddirection to the conductive dome structure 940. When the appliedpressure is a predetermined magnitude or more, at least a portion of theconductive dome structure 940 and at least a portion of the conductivemember 942 contact and thus an electrical signal may occur.

The control circuit may detect an electrical signal generated by acontact between at least a portion of the conductive dome structure 940and at least a portion of the conductive member 942.

According to another exemplary embodiment of various exemplaryembodiments of the present disclosure, the electrical structure includesfirst electrodes 954 a and 954 b that at least partially contact withthe sensor 920 and second electrodes 952 a and 952 b that at leastpartially contact with the first electrodes 954 a and 954 b, and thecontrol circuit may detect a change of an amount of a current flowingthrough the first electrodes 954 a and 954 b and the second electrodes952 a and 952 b as a change of an electrical signal.

As shown in FIG. 9B, in a second direction of the sensor 920, the firstelectrodes 954 a and 954 b may be disposed, and in a first direction ofthe PCB 930, the second electrodes 952 a and 952 b may be disposed. FIG.9B illustrates that the first electrodes 954 a and 954 b and the secondelectrodes 952 a and 952 b are each provided in two, but the numberthereof is not limited thereto.

The first electrodes 954 a and 954 b and the second electrodes 952 a and952 b are provided in parallel to increase a contact area of the firstelectrodes 954 a and 954 b and the second electrodes 952 a and 952 b inproportional to a distance in which the sensor 920 moves in a seconddirection. Further, as a contact area of the first electrodes 954 a and954 b and the second electrodes 952 a and 952 b increases, an amount ofa current flowing to the control circuit through the first electrodes954 a and 954 b and the second electrodes 952 a and 952 b may increase.

In a state in which a pressure is not applied in a second direction fromthe outside of the transparent substrate 912, only a relatively narrowportion of the first electrodes 954 a and 954 b and the secondelectrodes 952 a and 952 b may contact. Thereafter, when a pressure isapplied in a second direction from the outside of the transparentsubstrate 912, a pressure to the second direction is transferred to thesensor 920 via the display 910, and the first electrodes 954 a and 954 bmay move also in a second direction according to a movement of thesensor 920. A contact area of the first electrodes 954 a and 954 b andthe second electrodes 952 a and 952 b may increase according to amovement in a second direction of the first electrodes 954 a and 954 b.An amount of a current flowing to a control circuit increases accordingto increase of a contact area of the first electrodes 954 a and 954 band the second electrodes 952 a and 952 b, and the control circuit maydetect a change of an amount of the current. The control circuit maydetect a change of resistance or a change of a voltage of at least aportion of the first electrodes 954 a and 954 b or the second electrodes952 a and 952 b instead of a change of an amount of the current.

According to another embodiment of various embodiments of the presentdisclosure, an electrical structure may include a first electrode 962and a second electrode 964 separately disposed from the first electrode962, and the control circuit may detect a change of a capacitance formedbetween the first electrode 962 and the second electrode 964 as a changeof an electrical signal.

As shown in FIG. 9C, a capacitor having the first electrode 962 and thesecond electrode 964 may be provided between the sensor 920 and the PCB930. The capacitor may be a piezoelectric element.

A capacitance of the capacitor may change according to a distance of thefirst electrode 962 and the second electrode 964 and may be inverselyproportional to a distance of the first electrode 962 and the secondelectrode 964. Further, the first electrode 962 may move in a firstdirection or a second direction according to an applied pressure, andthe second electrode 964 may be fixed.

In a state in which a pressure is not applied in a second direction fromthe outside of the transparent substrate 912, because the sensor 920 andthe capacitor do not contact, a distance between the first electrode 962and the second electrode 964 is maintained and thus a capacitance may beconstantly maintained. When a pressure to the transparent substrate 912occurs by a predetermined magnitude or more, the sensor 920 contacts thecapacitor and thus the first electrode 962 may move in a seconddirection. Accordingly, a capacitance of the capacitor reduces, and thecontrol circuit may detect a change of a capacitance as a change of anelectrical signal.

According to another embodiment, the capacitor has only one electrodeand may detect a capacitance formed between one electrode and theground. In this case, an electrode may be disposed in a first direction,and the ground may be formed in a second direction. The ground may beelectrically connected to, for example, the display or the PCB.

According to another embodiment of various embodiments of the presentdisclosure, an electrical structure 970 includes a light emittingstructure 972 a that emits light and a light receiving structure 972 bthat receives at least a portion of light emitted from the lightemitting structure 972 a, and the control circuit may detect a time inwhich light emitted from the light emitting structure 972 a arrives atthe light receiving structure 972 b as a change of an electrical signal.

As shown in FIG. 9D, the light emitting structure 972 a that emits lightand the light receiving structure 972 b that receives light may bedisposed between the sensor 920 and the PCB 930. Further, in a seconddirection of the sensor 920, a reflection structure 922 that can reflectlight is provided and thus light emitted from the light emittingstructure 972 a is reflected in the reflection structure 922 of thesensor 920 to be detected in the light receiving structure 972 b.

The light emitting structure 972 a may emit constant light according toa predetermined cycle, and the control circuit may detect a time inwhich light emitted from the light emitting structure 972 a arrives atthe light receiving structure 972 b.

In a state in which a pressure is not applied in a second direction fromthe outside of the transparent substrate 912, because a distance betweenthe sensor 920 and the light emitting structure 972 a and the lightreceiving structure 972 b is relatively large, a time in which lightemitted from the light emitting structure 972 a is reflected in thereflection structure 922 to arrive at the light receiving structure 972b may be relatively long. Thereafter, when the sensor 920 moves in asecond direction according to a pressure to the transparent substrate912, a distance between the reflection structure 922 and the lightemitting structure 972 a and the light receiving structure 972 b of thesensor 920 becomes small and an arriving time of light may be shortened.The control circuit may detect whether the sensor 920 moves through achange of an arriving time of light.

According to another embodiment of various embodiments of the presentdisclosure, an electrical structure 980 includes a light emittingstructure 982 a that emits light and a light receiving structure 982 bthat receives at least a portion of light emitted from the lightemitting structure 982 a, and the control circuit may detect an amountof light emitted from the light emitting structure 982 a and received inthe light receiving structure 982 b as a change of an electrical signal.

As shown in FIG. 9E, the light emitting structure 982 a that emits lightand the light receiving structure 982 b that receives light may bedisposed between the sensor 920 and the PCB 930. Unlike FIG. 9D, thelight emitting structure 982 a may emit light in a direction vertical tothe light receiving structure 982 b, and the sensor 920 may block aportion of light emitted from the light emitting structure 982 a.

In a state in which a pressure is not applied in a second direction fromthe outside of the transparent substrate 912, the sensor 920 may notblock light emitted from the light emitting structure 982 a. Thereafter,when the sensor 920 moves in a second direction according to a pressureto the transparent substrate 912, the sensor 920 blocks a portion oflight and thus an amount of light received in the light receivingstructure 982 b may be reduced. The control circuit may determine that apressure occurs in a second direction according to reduction of anamount of light received in the light receiving structure 982 b.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a screen change by a user's touchinput according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

As described with reference to FIGS. 9A to 9E, a pressure of a seconddirection is detected by the control circuit through an electricalstructure provided in a second direction of the sensor, and anelectrical signal detected by the control circuit may be input to aprocessor.

The processor may perform a predetermined function to correspond todetection of an electrical signal. For example, in a conventionalelectronic device, by pressing a home key provided at a front surface,the processor may convert a first screen displayed in the display to ahome screen (second screen). As shown in FIG. 10 , in a state (firstscreen 1010) in which specific contents are reproduced, when the userpresses an intermediate portion of the display in which the sensor isdisposed by the finger, the processor may recognize an electrical signaloccurring in the electrical structure and detected in the controlcircuit, and the processor may convert the first screen 1010 to a secondscreen 1020 in which a plurality of icons corresponding to a pluralityof applications are disposed to correspond thereto.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, theelectronic device may dispose the display in an entire area of a frontsurface, and a home key of an existing electronic device may be thusremoved. However, a method of replacing a function of a home key thatrecognizes a physical pressure in an area of the outside of theelectronic device by user experience is required, and variousembodiments of the present disclosure include an electrical structurethat disposes a sensor at a rear surface of the display and thatrecognizes a pressure at a rear surface of the sensor, and theelectrical structure may replace a function of a home key.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a display ofan electronic device may include a touch screen, and by detecting apressure to an area in which the sensor is located and detecting a touchto a touch screen, the touch screen may perform various controloperations.

For example, when the user drags in an upper direction in a state thatpresses an area in which the sensor is located, a predeterminedapplication may be executed, and when the user drags in a lowerdirection in a state that presses an area in which the sensor islocated, a preset screen may be displayed.

FIGS. 11A to 11G are diagrams illustrating a disposition structure of aPCB, sensor, and battery within an electronic device according tovarious embodiments of the present disclosure.

As described above, the sensor is provided at a rear surface of thedisplay, and even if a size of a sensor such as a camera, proximitysensor, illumination sensor, fingerprint detection sensor, and biosensor is minimized, in order to dispose the sensor between a rearsurface of the display and a rear surface of the housing, apredetermined space may be required. Accordingly, in the electronicdevice according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, byproviding a predetermined space at the battery and/or the PCB, thesensor may be housed at the space.

According to an embodiment of various embodiments, as shown in FIG. 11A,in the electronic device, by removing an area of a low portion of a PCB1110 a, at least a portion of a sensor 1120 a and/or at least a portionof an electrical structure (e.g., the electrical structure 728 of FIG. 7) may be disposed.

According to another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11B, in the electronicdevice, by removing an area of an upper portion of a battery 1130 b, atleast a portion of a sensor 1120 b and/or at least a portion of anelectrical structure (e.g., the electrical structure 728 of FIG. 7 ) maybe disposed.

According to another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11C, by removing eachof an area of a low portion of a PCB 1110 c and an area of an upperportion of a battery 1130 c, at least a portion of a sensor 1120 cand/or at least a portion of an electrical structure (e.g., theelectrical structure 728 of FIG. 7 ) may be disposed.

According to another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11D, a hole thatpenetrates at least a portion of a battery 1130 d may be formed, and atthe hole, at least a portion of a sensor 1120 d and/or at least aportion of an electrical structure (e.g., the electrical structure 728of FIG. 7 ) may be disposed.

According to another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11E, when using abattery 1130 e of a roll structure, the battery 1130 e may be disposedin a roll form about an area in which at least a portion of a sensor1120 e and/or at least a portion of an electrical structure (e.g., theelectrical structure 728 of FIG. 7 ) are/is located.

According to another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11F, the electronicdevice includes a curved form of housing, and a window 1140 f, a display1150 f, and a sensor 1120 f may be sequentially disposed. A battery 1130f is disposed between a rear surface housing 1160 f and the sensor 1120f and may be formed in a curved surface form along a curved surface ofthe rear surface housing 1160 f. In the present embodiment, elements(not shown) such as an FPCB may be formed in a curved surface form alonga curved surface of the rear surface housing 1160 f.

According to another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11G, a battery 1130 gis formed in a flat form to be provided between a sensor 1120 g and arear surface housing 1160 g, and a predetermined gap may be formedbetween a flat form of battery 1130 g and a curved surface form of rearsurface housing 1160 g.

FIGS. 12A to 12C are diagrams illustrating a wiring form of a displayaccording to various embodiments of the present disclosure. FIGS. 12A to12C illustrate a case in which a display of an electronic device isimplemented into an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display, but itis not always limited thereto.

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the presentdisclosure may dispose at least one sensor at a polarizer layer that maytransmit light in a display and at a rear surface of a display upperplate and a display lower plate, and light occurring at the outside maybe recognized by the sensor via the display. However, even if thedisplay transmits light, light may not be transmitted by 100% by anelement such as an electrode, an organic light emitting layer, and athin film transistor. Therefore, an electronic device according tovarious embodiments of the present disclosure may increase atransmittance of light in an area in which the sensor is located on thedisplay.

The display includes a plurality of gate wirings disposed in ahorizontal direction and a plurality of data wirings disposed in avertical direction, and the plurality of gate wirings and the pluralityof data wirings may form a pixel in a matrix form. The gate wiringtransfers a signal that scans each pixel to the each pixel, and the datawiring may transfer a signal related to image information to bedisplayed through each pixel to the each pixel.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a displaymay include a first area including a first pixel having a firststructure and a second area including a second pixel having a secondstructure, and the second structure may be different from the firststructure. Here, the second area may correspond to an area in which thesensor is located on the display, and the first area may be theremaining areas in which the sensor is not located on the display.

As described above, a transmittance of the second area in which thesensor is located may be larger than that of the first area, andaccording to various embodiments, pixel per inch (ppi) of the secondarea may be smaller than that of the first area. Further, according tovarious embodiments, a form of a first gate wiring and/or a form of afirst data wiring crossing a first area of the display may be differentfrom that of a second gate wiring and/or that of a second data wiringcrossing a second area of the display.

According to various embodiments, as shown in FIG. 12A, in a second area1312 in which a sensor is located on the display, a gap between datawirings and a gap between gate wirings may be larger than that betweendata wirings and that between gate wirings of a first area 1314 in whicha sensor is not located. Because the gate wiring and the data wiring canblock and/or refract light, by reducing the number of the gate wiringand the data wiring by enlarging a gap between the gate wiring and thedata wiring in the second area 1312, blocked and/or refracted light maybe reduced. When a gap between the data wiring and the gate wiring isenlarged, in the second area 1312, a size of each of subpixels red (R),green (G), and blue (B) may be larger than that in the first area 1314,and pixel per inch (ppi) in the second area 1312 may be smaller thanthat in the first area 1314.

According to various embodiments, as shown in FIG. 12B, at least aportion of an area in which at least one pixel occupies on the displaymay be disposed with a transparent layer T. In each pixel, at least oneThin Film Transistor (TFT), storage capacitor, and organic lightemitting diode may be disposed, and such elements may block and/orrefract at least a portion of light.

In order to enhance a transmittance of light of a second area 1322, inthe second area 1322 in which a sensor is located on the display, atransparent layer T may be disposed between subpixels R, G, and B, andin the transparent layer T, the TFT and an organic light emitting diodemay be removed. Accordingly, a pixel size in the second area 1322 is thesame as that in the first area 1324, but due to existence of thetransparent layer T, pixel per inch (ppi) in the second area 1322 may besmaller than that in the first area 1324.

According to various embodiments, as shown in FIG. 12C, a gate wiringand a data wiring of a second area 1332 in which a sensor is located maybe formed different from a gate wiring and a data wiring of a first area1334. As shown in FIG. 12C, in the first area 1334, the entire of thegate wiring and the data wiring may be provided in a straight line, buta portion of the gate wiring and the data wiring within the second area1332 may have a form refracted in an outer direction from the center ofthe second area 1332.

Accordingly, the number of gate wirings and data wirings passing throughthe second area 1332 may be reduced.

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the presentdisclosure may include a touch screen between a transparent substrateand a display or within the display, and the touch screen may bedisposed in a form in which at least a portion of an electrode patternincluded in the touch screen is removed. For example, in a second area,a portion of a touch screen electrode pattern may be removed. In thiscase, external light injected into a sensor through a second area of thedisplay from the outside may not be refracted or scattered by the touchscreen electrode pattern.

FIGS. 13A and 13B are side views illustrating a structure of a displayaccording to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 13A, a plurality of TFTs and a plurality of pixels maybe formed between the display lower plate and the display upper plate.

When enlarging a first area 1420 in which the sensor is not located,TFTs 1422 are disposed at a predetermined gap, a plurality of pixelboundaries 1424 are disposed at a predetermined gap, and an organiclight emitting diode 1426 may be provided between the pixel boundaries1424. The organic light emitting diode may include a first electrode,second electrode, and organic light emitting material between the firstelectrode and the second electrode. For example, one of the firstelectrode or the second electrode may be formed with a transparentelectrode, and the other one thereof may be formed with an opaqueelectrode.

According to an embodiment, in a second area 1440 in which the sensor islocated, a plurality of TFTs 1442 may be disposed at a wider gap,compared with the first area 1420. In this case, a gap between a gatewiring and a data wiring electrically connected to the wider gap of TFT1442 may be larger than that between the gate wiring and the data wiringof the first area 1420.

According to an embodiment, some pixel area divided by each pixelboundary 1444 may be formed with a transparent layer 1448 in which atleast a portion of the organic light emitting diode is removed. Forexample, a transparent layer 1448 may have a form in which an opaqueelectrode of a first electrode and a second electrode is removed with anorganic light emitting material interposed therebetween or may have aform in which the entire of a first electrode, a second electrode, andan organic light emitting material disposed therebetween is removed. Forexample, the transparent layer 1448 may have a small thickness by athickness of at least one of the first electrode, the second electrode,and/or the organic light emitting material, compared with a portion inwhich the organic light emitting diode is disposed. The display mayfurther include a planarization layer (not shown) that planarizes aheight of a portion in which the organic light emitting diode isdisposed and a portion whose at least a portion is removed.

Referring to FIG. 13B, a transparent substrate 1510, touch screen 1520,display 1530, and protective layer 1540 may be sequentially layered, andin an area in which at least a portion of the protective layer 1540 isremoved, a sensor 1550 may be provided. The display 1530 may include adisplay upper plate, organic light emitting diode 1534, and displaylower plate. For example, the display upper plate may include anencapsulation layer 1532 for blocking moisture and air injected into thedisplay, and the encapsulation layer 1532 may be formed in one layer ormay have a form in which an organic material and an inorganic materialare repeatedly layered. The display lower plate may include a firstpolymer layer 1536 and a second polymer layer 1538.

According to an embodiment, the display lower plate may have a form inwhich at least a portion thereof is bent. For example, the display lowerplate may have a bent form in an inactive area in which an organic lightemitting diode is not disposed. For example, in a portion of a bentportion 1536 a of the display lower plate, an FPCB 1560 may be disposed,and on the FPCB 1560, a Display Driver Integrated Circuit (DDIC) may bedisposed. For example, traces electrically connected between the gatewiring or the data wiring of the display and the DDIC may be disposed inother portions of a bent portion of the display lower plate. Forexample, the traces may be made of at least one of titanium (Ti), copper(Cu), aluminum (Al), and molybdenum (Mo). The display lower plate may beformed with a flexible polymer film and may include polyimide, PET, orother polymer material. For example, the display lower plate may beformed with a double layer of the first polymer layer 1536 (e.g.,polyimide) and the second polymer layer 1538 (e.g., PET), at least aportion of the first polymer layer 1536 may include a bent portion 1536a, and at the lower end of the bent portion 1536 a of the first polymerlayer, a form 1538 b in which at least a portion of the second polymerlayer (e.g., PET) is removed may be formed.

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the presentdisclosure may include at least one of a pressure sensor, fingerprintsensor, or antenna integrated with a display or a touch screen. Forexample, at least one of the pressure sensor, fingerprint sensor, orantenna may be disposed between a transparent substrate and a displayand may include at least one electrode layer. For example, at least oneelectrode layer may be directly formed at a surface of a seconddirection of a transparent substrate or a surface of a first directionof the display or may be formed at a separate film to be attached to thetransparent substrate or the display. For example, at least oneelectrode layer may be disposed within the display. In this case, atleast one electrode layer may be disposed between an upper plate and alower plate of the display and may be disposed between other electrodesfor driving the display. According to an embodiment, at least one of apressure sensor control circuit, fingerprint sensor control circuit, andcommunication circuit may be integrated with a DDIC. The integratedcircuit may be formed in a Flexible Printed Circuit Board. For example,at least two signals of a first signal generated in the integratedcircuit and transmitted to the display, a second signal transmitted to apressure sensor, a third signal transmitted to a fingerprint sensor, anda fourth signal transmitted to an antenna may be transmitted fordifferent time segments. At least two signals of the first signal,second signal, third signal, and fourth signal may be an invertedsignal. At least one of the pressure sensor control circuit, fingerprintsensor control circuit, and communication circuit may not be integratedwith the DDIC.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, anelectronic device includes a housing including a first surface facing ina first direction and a second surface facing in a second directionopposite to the first direction and including a transparent substrateforming at least a portion of the first surface thereof; a displaydisposed between the transparent substrate and the second surface of thehousing and including a first surface facing in the first direction anda second surface facing in the second direction; at least one sensordisposed between at least a portion of the second surface of the displayand at least a portion of the second surface of the housing; anelectrical structure disposed between the at least one sensor and atleast a portion of the second surface of the housing; and a controlcircuit electrically connected to the electrical structure, wherein thecontrol circuit detects an electrical signal occurring or changingwithin the electrical structure by a pressure of the second direction toat least a portion of the transparent substrate using the electricalstructure.

According to various embodiments, the at least one sensor may include atleast one of a camera, proximity sensor, illumination sensor,fingerprint detection sensor, and bio sensor.

According to various embodiments, the electrical structure may include:a conductive member separated in the second direction from the at leastone sensor; and a conductive dome structure disposed between at least aportion of the at least one sensor and at least a portion of theconductive member, wherein the control circuit may detect an electricalsignal generated by a contact of at least a portion of the conductivedome structure and the conductive member by the pressure.

According to various embodiments, the electrical structure may include:a first electrode that at least partially contacts with the at least onesensor; and a second electrode that at least partially contacts with thefirst electrode, wherein the control circuit may detect a change of anamount of a current flowing through the first electrode and the secondelectrode as a change of the electrical signal.

According to various embodiments, the electrical structure may include:a light emitting structure that emits light; and a light receivingstructure that receives at least a portion of light emitted from thelight emitting structure, wherein the control circuit may detect atleast one of a time in which light emitted from the light emittingstructure arrives at the light receiving structure and an amount oflight received at the light receiving structure as a change of theelectrical signal.

According to various embodiments, the electrical structure may include afirst electrode and a second electrode separately disposed from thefirst electrode, and the control circuit may detect a change of acapacitance formed between the first electrode and the second electrodeas a change of the electrical signal.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device may furtherinclude: a processor electrically connected to the control circuit andthe display and a memory electrically connected to the processor,wherein the processor may enable to display a first screen on thedisplay, when the memory is executed and store an instruction thatenables to convert the first screen to a second screen in which aplurality of icons corresponding to a plurality of applications aredisposed in response to the detection.

According to various embodiments, the display may include: a first areawhose at least a portion is not overlapped with the at least one sensor,when viewing from the top of the transparent substrate; and a secondarea whose at least a portion is overlapped with the at least onesensor, when viewing from the top of the transparent substrate.

According to various embodiments, the first area of the display mayinclude a first pixel having a first structure, and the second area ofthe display may include a second pixel having a second structure.

According to various embodiments, a transmittance of the second area ofthe display may be greater than that of the first area of the display.

According to various embodiments, pixel per inch (ppi) of the secondarea of the display may be smaller than that of the first area of thedisplay.

According to various embodiments, the display may include a gate wiringthat transfers a first signal to at least one of the first pixel and thesecond pixel and a data wiring that transfers a second signal to the atleast one of the first pixel and the second pixel, and at least one of aform of a first gate wiring and a form of a first data wiring crossingthe first area of the display may be different from at least one of aform of a second gate wiring and a form of a second data wiring crossingthe second area of the display.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device may furtherinclude a touch screen disposed between the transparent substrate andthe display or disposed within the display, wherein the touch screen mayinclude: a first touch electrode pattern disposed between thetransparent substrate and the first area of the display; and a secondtouch electrode pattern disposed between the transparent substrate andthe second area of the display.

According to various embodiments, the second touch electrode pattern mayhave a form in which at least a portion of the first touch electrodepattern is removed.

According to various embodiments, the display may include an active areaincluding an organic light emitting diode and an inactive area that doesnot include an organic light emitting diode, and at least a portion ofthe inactive area of the display may be folded in the second direction.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device may furtherinclude a Display Driver Integrated Circuit (DDIC) electricallyconnected to the display, and the DDIC may be disposed in at least aportion folded in the second direction.

According to various embodiments, the display may include a firstpolymer layer and a second polymer layer attached to a surface facing inthe second direction of the first polymer layer, wherein the secondpolymer layer may be at least partially removed from at least a portionfolded in the second direction.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device may furtherinclude: a pressure sensor disposed between the second surface of thedisplay and the second surface of the housing; and another controlcircuit electrically connected to the pressure sensor, wherein theanother control circuit may detect a pressure level of the seconddirection using the pressure sensor.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device may furtherinclude at least one of a fingerprint sensor and an antenna, and atleast one of the fingerprint sensor and the antenna may be disposedbetween the transparent substrate and the display or may be disposedwithin the display.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, anelectronic device includes a housing including a first surface facing ina first direction and a second surface facing in a second directionopposite to the first direction and including a transparent substrateforming at least a portion of the first surface thereof; a displaydisposed between the transparent substrate and the second surface of thehousing and including a first surface facing in the first direction anda second surface facing in the second direction; a camera devicedisposed between at least a portion of the second surface of the displayand at least a portion of the second surface of the housing; a memberseparately disposed in the second direction from the camera device; anelectrical structure disposed between the camera device and the member;and a control circuit electrically connected to the electricalstructure, wherein the control circuit detects an electrical signaloccurring or changing within the electrical structure by a change of adistance between the camera device and the member according to amovement in the second direction of the camera device using theelectrical structure.

Although the present disclosure has been described with variousexemplary embodiments, various changes and modifications may besuggested to one skilled in the art. It is intended that the presentdisclosure encompass such changes and modifications as fall within thescope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. An electronic device, comprising: a housingcomprising a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surfacefacing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and atransparent substrate forming at least a portion of the first surface; adisplay disposed between the transparent substrate and the secondsurface of the housing and configured to include a third surface facingin the first direction and a fourth surface facing in the seconddirection, wherein the display comprises a transmitting layer and aprotective layer including an impact absorption pattern layer and ablack layer; the protective layer disposed between the transmittinglayer and the second surface of the housing and configured to block alight emitted from the second direction, wherein a hole is formed inwhich at least a portion of the protective layer is removed and the holeis not formed in the transmitting layer; and an image sensor configuredto detect an external light passing through the transparent substrate,the display, and the hole formed in the protective layer, wherein theimage sensor is disposed under the fourth surface of the display andbetween the fourth surface of the display and the second surface of thehousing.
 2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a fifth surface ofthe image sensor facing the fourth surface of the display is disposedinside the hole formed in the protective layer, and a sixth surface ofthe image sensor facing the second surface of the housing is disposedoutside the hole.
 3. The electronic device of claim 1, furthercomprising: a printed circuit board (PCB) and a battery disposed betweenthe protective layer and the second surface of the housing; and whereinthe PCB and the battery are not disposed in the second direction of theimage sensor.
 4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein at least oneof the PCB or the battery comprises a removed area; and at least aportion of the image sensor is disposed in the removed area.
 5. Theelectronic device of claim 1, wherein the display is configured toinclude: a first area comprising at least a portion of the display thatis not overlapped with the image sensor in the second direction; and asecond area comprising at least a different portion of the display thatis overlapped with the image sensor in the second direction.
 6. Theelectronic device of claim 5, wherein a pixel per inch (ppi) of thesecond area of the display is smaller than a ppi of the first area ofthe display.
 7. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein: the firstarea of the display comprises a first pixel having a first structure,the second area of the display comprises a second pixel having a secondstructure, the display comprises a gate wiring that transfers a firstsignal to at least one of the first pixel or the second pixel and a datawiring that transfers a second signal to at least one of the first pixelor the second pixel, at least one of a form of a first gate wiring and aform of a first data wiring crossing the first area of the display isdifferent from at least one of a form of a second gate wiring and a formof a second data wiring crossing the second area of the display, and theform of the second gate wiring and the form of the second data wiringblock or refract less light than the form of the first gate wiring andthe form of the first data wiring.
 8. The electronic device of claim 5,wherein a transmittance of the second area of the display is greaterthan a transmittance of the first area of the display.
 9. The electronicdevice of claim 5, wherein the electronic device further comprises atouch screen disposed between the transparent substrate and the displayor disposed within the display, wherein the touch screen comprises afirst touch electrode pattern disposed between the transparent substrateand the first area of the display and a second touch electrode patterndisposed between the transparent substrate and the second area of thedisplay, and wherein the second touch electrode pattern has a form inwhich at least a portion of the first touch electrode pattern isremoved.
 10. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising: anelectrical structure disposed between the image sensor and at least aportion of the second surface of the housing; and a control circuitelectrically connected to the electrical structure, wherein the controlcircuit is configured to detect, using the electrical structure, anelectrical signal occurring or changing within the electrical structuredue to a pressure applied in the second direction to at least a portionof the transparent substrate, wherein when the pressure in the seconddirection on the at least a portion of the transparent substrate occurs,at least part of the of the display and the image sensor is moved in thesecond direction, and wherein the electrical structure is configured togenerate the electrical signal based on the movement of the image sensorin the second direction.
 11. The electronic device of claim 1, furthercomprising a shutter, wherein: the shutter includes an open position anda closed position; the shutter includes a color that is the same as acolor of the protective layer; the shutter is disposed between thefourth surface of the display and the image sensor; and the shutter isconfigured to substantially cover the image sensor in the closedposition.
 12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the image sensoris disposed between a substantially central portion of the fourthsurface of the display and a substantially central portion of the secondsurface of the housing.
 13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:the display includes a central long axis and a central short axis of thefourth surface of the display; the housing includes a central long axisand a central short axis of the second surface of the housing; and theimage sensor is disposed under the fourth surface of the display andbetween the central long axis of the fourth surface of the display andthe central long axis of the second surface of the housing.
 14. Anelectronic device, comprising: a housing comprising a first surfacefacing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a seconddirection opposite to the first direction, and a transparent substrateforming at least a portion of the first surface; a display disposedbetween the transparent substrate and the second surface of the housingand configured to include a third surface facing in the first directionand a fourth surface facing in the second direction, wherein the displaycomprises a transmitting layer and a protective layer including animpact absorption pattern layer and a black layer; the protective layerdisposed between the transmitting layer and the second surface of thehousing and configured to block a light emitted from the seconddirection, wherein a hole is formed in which at least a portion of theprotective layer is removed and the hole is not formed in thetransmitting layer; and an image sensor configured to detect an externallight passing through the transparent substrate, the display, and thehole formed in the protective layer, wherein the image sensor isdisposed under the fourth surface of the display and between asubstantially central portion the fourth surface of the display and asubstantially central portion of the second surface of the housing. 15.The electronic device of claim 14, further comprising: a printed circuitboard (PCB) and a battery disposed between the protective layer and thesecond surface of the housing; and wherein the PCB and the battery arenot disposed in the second direction of the image sensor.
 16. Theelectronic device of claim 15, wherein at least one of the PCB or thebattery comprises a removed area; and at least a portion of the imagesensor is disposed in the removed area.
 17. The electronic device ofclaim 14, wherein the display is configured to include: a first areacomprising at least a portion of the display that is not overlapped withthe image sensor in the second direction; and a second area comprisingat least a different portion of the display that is overlapped with theimage sensor in the second direction.
 18. The electronic device of claim17, wherein a pixel per inch (ppi) of the second area of the display issmaller than a ppi of the first area of the display.
 19. The electronicdevice of claim 17, wherein: the first area of the display comprises afirst pixel having a first structure, the second area of the displaycomprises a second pixel having a second structure, the displaycomprises a gate wiring that transfers a first signal to at least one ofthe first pixel or the second pixel and a data wiring that transfers asecond signal to at least one of the first pixel or the second pixel, atleast one of a form of a first gate wiring and a form of a first datawiring crossing the first area of the display is different from at leastone of a form of a second gate wiring and a form of a second data wiringcrossing the second area of the display, and the form of the second gatewiring and the form of the second data wiring block or refract lesslight than the form of the first gate wiring and the form of the firstdata wiring.